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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-28

size. The work necessary for the con-
struction Of such glasses may be con.
ceivcd when It il understood that 10
make . good four-inch objective a
months constant labor is required,
while for an eight or ten-inch objective
a year is necessary. In 1870 the Russian
Government contracted for telescope
for the observatory at PuIkowa, and in
1885, the instrument was completed. The
telescope was then the largest in exist
ence, costing $4,000. having clear
aperture OF thirty inches, forty-fve-
foot focus, and weighing in the iron
cell 4lS pounds. It possessed magni-
was seven inches longer in diameter
than the instrument at Princeton OBJ
servatory, and few inches larger than
the Washington telescope, both made
by Avian Clark & Sons. From the I'm
p,Iial Academy of Science came n vote
OF thanks, and from the Emperor of
Russia gold medal. Tho firm under
took few yens ago the construction
Of the thiri y-six.inch object-glass fer
the Lick Observatory. But ali accident
during en- experiment about year ago
destroyed the Photographic lens for
this glass, and at the presen5 time MIR.
alvan G. Clark is in Paris negotiating
for another lens to take its place.
The deceased gentleman received
honors from three colleges-an A. Nj.
from Amherst in 1854, an A. NJ. from
Princeton in 1865, and an A. NJ. from
Harvard in 1874.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-28

thing nearest TO it-a naturalized citi-
zen Of the United States. lie was born
in Scotland about fifty years ago. His
military career began in the army OF
the United Kingdom. After selling his
commission he came TO America, where
the civil war gave him the opportunity
to distinguish himself on the field of
battle. He proved to be an excellent
soldier, and was captain" Mackenzie
before the close of the struggle. As in
the case of many others, peace found
him under the necessity to work without
delay for the recessaries OF life. Then
the soldier utilized the skill in chess
which he had gained as pastime. His
ability was quickly recognized, and he
succeeded in making livelihood as q
professional player and teacher Of
the intellectual game. Since that time
he has played in all the great tourna-
ments, and with at least the distinction
Of place. He led in the first round in
the Berlin tournament, and in the
second in the London event. 1t was in
the English metropolis that he earned
his proud distinction as the champion
player of the world, where he won
fifteen ont of twenty games, his antago-
nists being every great master OF chess
with the single exception of Steinitz.
To the American chessplayer the fact
that citizen of New York has defeated
such menas Zuckertort and Bhckburne
is particularly gratifying.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ir7IRFsTIEG BITS earaERyD FROM
OUR EHGLIsH ExcHAsGEs.
zhacisrsy and Dickens Cremation Of
Princs-work and Play in
University.
[Fortnightiy Review.l

Setting aside certain political or So
cial Inconvenience, "circumlocution
Offices" and such like, clearly capable
of amendment, there was, in Dickens's
view, nothing profoundly ailing with
society. Thackeray had quarrel with
himself and a quarrel with society ;
but his was not temper TO pnsh
things TO extremes. He could not
soouiesce in the ways o, the
world. its shabbiness, its shams,
It's snobbery, its knavery he could
not acauiesce, and yet it is only for
horn prophets to break with the world
and 90 forth into the wilderness crying,
Repentl" Why affect to be pro-
rhet. and wear Gamers hair aud EFT
Iecusts and wild honey, adding one
more sham to the many, when after al
the club is pleasant lounge, aud
anthropology is mort attractive
study? Better patch up truce
with the world, which will not let one
be a hero, but is no. wholly evil
the great criminals are few; men in
general are rather weak than wicked ;
vain and selfish, but not malignant. 1t
is infinitely diverting to watch the ways
Of the petty human animal. One can
always preserve o certain independence
by that unheroic form of warfare sufa-
bic to an unheroic ags-satire sne
can even in certain sense stind
above ones own pettiness by 1ir-
the of irony; and there is always the
chance Of discovering some angel wan
derlpg unrecognized among the snobs
and the Hunkeys in the form of brave,
simple hearted man or pure-souled,
tender woman. Whether right OF
wrong this compromise with the world
is only for a few days. Heigh-to
everything hastens to the common
end-rdnitas Uanitatum.
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wise misbehaves himself after repeated
warnings he is dismissed the service.
and can never re-enter il. This is not
the case in the United States. have
known hundreds OF men to wall. from
one company's Office into another after
having violated every rule in tie ser.
vice. The drunkard element is m.
known in England for the simple rca-
son that il is not tolerated.
Every telegraph employee from the
controller down 10 the batteryman Is
given leave OF absence once year.
according 20 rank. Senior clerks and
oil officials above that grade receive one
calender months leave OF sbsence per
annum with full pay. All employees
under the position of senior clerk are
GIVEN THREE WEEKS.
Whs ever heard of the Western Union
Company giving an employed even two
days leave with pay
Who ever heard OF the Western
Union or any other American company
providing their sick operators with
medical aid and continuing their pay
during their illness? II is done in
England. II telegrapher is i'll he has
but to send TO his Office, and the staff
physician will attend him. the Govern
mCnt bearing The expense all this
time the sick nian's salary goes on.
"Are you interested in long distance
telepraphy ?" asked enior-Clerk Allen
when be showed me through the de-
pertinent recently. Replying in the
affirmative, followed him TO desk in
distant corner, where he began TO
call, "Ms, BIS. Ms" signing "Ts, "
the London Office call. Shortly after
"Ms" answered.
"That is Marseilles," said Allen.
81 am going to have him give us
Pona. on the northern coast of Africa. y
Jerking away at his monstrous key, he
clicked ont to Marseilles "Please
give me Bona. quick"
can right" replied ms" "Call
him"
Bona was "raised" and was asked to
put Alexandria on. "Call him, p" said
Bona. Alexandria was reached with
out much difficulty, although the wire
seemed TO give an occasional swing OF
lurch, caused presumably by some de-
fective pole.
"To 'Ad': Can you give me Alden
Is"
81 think so, said Alexandria. "Wire
been in trouble and been raining much.
Can't get these lazy Arabs to go out
after wire trouble. Try De-"
ode, de, de-" clicked the ponderous
instrument. Here Alexandra broke in,
telling cts" to adjust his instrument
for Alden. Allen adjusted and Alden
answered, 81. j. De-"
Here we bad port in the Suez canal,
thousands of miles away, and it took
but moment for him to reply to ON
question that it was very hot. Could
be give us Bombay d? OF course.
please call Bm.'
1t took Just one minute for Alden to
make his connections and for Bombay
TO answer us with CHEEKY "good
morning" that sounded as clear as a
bell. lie said it was hot; SO hot that
he had Oh idea he would shriyel up if il
continued much longer. When told
that l was an American, who under.
stood telegraphy and that represented
the Globe, he said : "Glad to see you
| once lived in Boston. Globes great
paper"
after few more courtesies had been
exchanged the wire "busted" some
where in France and j left the building
And yet they say this is an unprogreS
siye age RALPH ID. BLcMENFELD.
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mountains, and would afford them
forest Businesses and safe hiding
places for many months. The
Utes were we'll armed and we'll mount
ed. They we're very cruel, and had
subjected captives to torture. The peo-
pie of Colorado and Wyoming might
easily suppress the savage warriors II
the Government would only let them.
The way to settle the Indian difficulties
was to turn off the Indian agents and
put all Indian affairs into the hands OF
the regular army. Then the aborigines
would get their rations, and not the
agents, whose rascalities were often the
cause Of vindictive cruelty on the part
of the Indian.
Captain Crawford is the osly Govern
ment scout on the active list who wears
his hair long, never touches drop OF
Intoxicating liquors, and is withal a
poet, and one of no mean ability. lie
Is tell. thin man, with long hair,
which falls down his shoulders. His
father was Scotchman, and the state
ment has been made that Jack began
life north of the historic Tweel. This
is q mistake, however. he was
born in Pennsylvania, enlisted IN
tie Union army when only fiji
teen years old, was wounded at Spot
sylyania and Petersburg, and before he
was sixteen Joined the scouts on the
plains. After the war he succeeded
Buffalo Bill as their chief. He was one
of the early pioneers OF the Black Hills,
and in the Indian campaign of 1876
was second in command of General
Crooks scouts. On August oath of
that year he succeeded Buffalo Bill
as chief of scouts, the latter having
resigned. He was at one time asso-
ciated with Buffalo Bill as part
ner in the show business. During the
Sitting Bull expedition he made the
ride OF 400 miles from Medicine Bow,
ON the Union Pacific railroad, to Rose
bud and the Little Big Horn, carrying
dispatches through the midst OF the
foe, riding by night and hiding in the
chapparal by day, knowing that If his
horse only neighed he would be dis
covered and tortured to death. When
General Buell. was commanding in New
Mexico, in September, 1880, he selected
Crawford to attempt to open communi-
cation with the hostile chief, Victorio,
to induce him to return, to the rsserya.
ton. Crawford undertook the task AMI
penetrated into Mexico, then overran
with hostile Indians.
The army scout receives one hundred
and twenty dollars month pay and an
allowance for his horse, which he pro-
vides himself, and his arms likewise
More men are candidates for the EN-.
ployment of scout than can be engaged,
Happily, the services of this useful ally
to military expeditions against the In
dams are becoming less year by year
There are indications that the Ute mat
| ter has been exaggerated.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-28
A Cautious officer.


The United States cruiser Atlanta
set her sails early in the morning, and
lat ont to sea for little gun-practice.
As soon as she was anchored at safe
distance from shore, so that no property
could be injured by flying cannon-balls.
one Of the officers called the Bo'sun to
him and asked:
"Bo'sun, have all the men put on
their life-preseryers?"
"Yessir.
sis your lie insured ?"
at is. sir"
care the boats lowered?"
"1hey be, your Worship"
"Haye the men said their prayers
and made their wills ?''
"Ihey have, your Honor"
"Then touch off that gum"
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This he threw among the Princes no.
hler, and people to be scrambled ior'
hut presented some by hand to the for
eieners, csps cially 10 the foreign ladies.
When he had exhausted the contents Of
this bag he produced another contain
ing nuts which he treated similarly.
Each nut contained a numbered
ticket, with the name OF the prize
MS kernel. The prizes were
the personal effects OF the de-
ceased, and were distributed in this
way to be mementoes OF him. Some
Of them were not bad, but many were
naturally distributed ludicrously. One
of my friends, non-smoker, received
an old and much abused meerschaum
pipe; another, an old cigar-ho'der and
a very common Chinese wood-axe. A
French lady Of title received mans
shirt-front-a thing commonly called
ga dickey"; also, an odd pair OF tie
dead mans long stockings and an Old
white waistcoat, all much the worse for
wear. 1 myself received a pretty little
sstin-vood cabinet, and was much
pleased. / heard that some OF the
prizes were costly articles of jewelry,
but did not see any such.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-28
TIE Birks OF Aberfeidy.


The Birks of Aberfeldy remind the
pilgrim of Robert Burns. 1t is ascene
Of varied and surprising beauty, al
though it is questionable whether Burns
was warranted in selecting the "bifks ="
rs its distinguishing feature. Accord
ing to- Dorothy Wordsworth who
visited the glen in 1SO3-six-
teen years after Burns, there
were 10 birch trees visible at that time,
so that those which now exist must be
of later growth. The birks Of Aber-
geldie are celebrated in an older melo-
dy, and Burns is supposed to have
transplanted their fame, either in sheer
caprice or for the sake Of a euphoni-
Gus refrain.
In other respects Burnss description
is strikingly appropriate:
"The brcas ascend like lofty was,
he foaming stream ceep-roaring fas,
O'erhung VII fragrant spreading shaw5,
The bifks OF Aberfeldy.
"The hoary cliffs are crowned VII flowers,
White DER the linn the burnie p0urs,
And, rising, weets wi misty showers
The birss OF Aberfeldy."
The glen is watered by the Moness
burn, which flows from the Urlar Hills
through the village of Aberfeldy to the
FAY. About mile above the village
the stream flows over ledge of rock
into a deep chasm, thus forming the mp
per Fall of Moness, which, when the
burn is in flood, is q really fine water
fell, as seen from the high ground on
the right bank of the stream. The fall
is crossed by rustic bridge, from which
a powerful idea is obtained of the force
of the cascade in its descent.
Halfway down the glen there is a
lower fall which has beauties of its
own. II is rather succession OF cata-
racts than single cascade, and the
point from which it is seen to greatest
advantage is ledge of rock almost on
the level OF the stream. From that
point the best view is obtained OF "the
braes ascending "like lofty was, "and
of"the hoary cliffs crowned wi flowers"
to which Burns refers. The walks
through the dell, on both sides OF the
stream, are charming, as they wind
about, in and out, now revealing strik-
ing yistas of sylvan beauty, now afford
ing pleasant glimpses of the brawling
burn as it threads its course through
heathery and fowery mazes. The sem
timental pilgrim could not desire more
exquisite scene in which to close his
pilgrimage.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-28
TIE CHIEF OF Army SCOUTS
Captain Jeck Crawford. of Fort
Cfaie, N. Mills Views on the
Trouble fu Colorado.

The number of scouts now in the
active service OF the United States has
become very small, and the scout OF
to- day is to be found only in the mill
tary district of New Mexico aud the
Department of Arizona. Our pic
tmesque subject, Captain Jack Craw-
ford, otherwise known as the "Poet
Scout" has been chief OF scouts in
the western country for several years,
and is now In charge Of Fort Craig,
New Mexico.
In recent interview lie said that the
present trouble with the Utes in Colo
RADIO had Its origin in the attempt of q
mountain sheriff to arrest two Indian
horse-thieves. Colorow, whom he knew
well, was a cunning and treacherous
In6ian, and the Utes were desperate
fighters. The country in which they
now were was full OF woods and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-28

which cave him extraordinary eminence
as 8 manufacturer of telescopes and
lenses. In 1927 a son, George t., and
in 1882 another son, ALVIN g., were
born to him, and almost from the con-
ception of the telescope business these
two were associated with him.
Mr.. Clark was over forty years OF
ace when he became interested IN tele-
scope.makipg. lie bad delighted in
STUDYING that scientific instrument
during his leisure hours, and a.
though be possessed no mathe-
matical education, yet he was
thoroughly convertant with optical
principles. Ii is said that one day
while he was watching his son make
a metal reflector il occurred to him
that he might be successful in the
grinding OF Lenses, and, acting upon
that idea, he soon produced object
glasses equal in quslity to any made.
That determined his after life, for,
giving up everything else, he, with his
sons, began i'll 1916 the manufacture OF
telescopes. From that time he was I'M
rivalled in his specially of figuring OBJ
jsct-glasses.
Just be ore the war Mr.. Clark under
took the preparation OF glass eigh-
teen inches in diameter, three inches
| larger than any ever before made.
| That glass, which went to Chicago, re.
yealed twenty stars in the nebula Of
| Orion which had never before reached
telescope vision. 1t was with TINS
instrument that Mr.. Alyan q. Clark,
MIR. Clark's ton, in 1862, discovered
the companion Of Sirius, receiving the
sword OF the La ande medal from the
| French Academy OF Science.
The present works OF the firm were
built about 1860. The number OF IN
stiuments made by Mr.. Clark is very
large. His cheapest cost $500, while
the national telescope BIO sold iol
| SAG. Goo, and the cost OF the LICK glass
| was set at $50, 600 without the mount
ing. A telescope OF similar calibre 70
| the national one was constructed soS
II. j. Mccormick, Of Chicago, Ine
| detectives alone To these inssru,
mcnts were worth &26. QUO eachs eng
wrre capsule Of 3 ms8nityinG Ross'
of Two thousand 1ierz3 ~ ~ g =. J;
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-28
TIE TELEsCOPE.MAKER.
Avian Clark, of Cambridge, Nass.'
Deceased.


We give an excellent portrait of Alvan
Clark, the worldrenowned manufac-
turer OF telescopes, lately deceased. 1t
was made from a photograph taken al
ter he had earned distinction, and be-
fore traces of old age had changed the
lines of the face, and is the Likeness
presenting the best of any the kindly
and capable face of n man who did his
country great honor.
Mir. Clark died ut Cambridge, Mass,
on August 19, 1887. Ee was born at
Ashfield, the sane State, on March 3,
1904, and was the son of plain
farmer, who could not give him better
schooling that that procurable among
the Berkshire hills. The youth devel-
oped q strong aptitude for painting and
engraving, and from 1926 to 1885 he
enined his livelihood as an engraver
on calico fer the Lowell Print-Works.
He was married in 1926 to Maria
Pease, who survives him. In 1873 he
abandoned engraving as an active occu-
patton, went to Bostoh, a.d opened a
studio, iakingup his residence IN Cam
bridge, where was started the business
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THE RIOHMOND DISPATCH SUNDAY. AUGUST Is. 1887

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publicly complained Of "Whes1slone
In England and Steinheil In Bavaria,
who have their electric telegraph.
being afforded the means OF
bringing forward their methods, while
to my invention Of earlier date than
theirs my country seems TO show no
favor" These words are, at all events,
conclusive as regards tho respective
countries, whatever they may be .
touching the individuals whose rela-
tive merits are really never in ques-
ton. What we as country may falrly
claim is that the first acceptance ana
application Of electric telegraphy TO
practical uses was by England just nity
wears AGO.
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For the Dispafch.l
AGfeu 10 RfeetmOnd

<8&s<@ ~ a&41 - - Oe@
Fair city, | leave thee;
Yet tain would ] stay
Where sunshine and flowers
Epcompass'd my way;
Where hearts warm and tendsr,
Where friends true aed tried,
In sunshine and shadow,
Stood flrm by my side.
Too trief wss my sojourn;
on. why did ] haste
To ~ e'sr thy pleasures
I scarcely did tasses
Yet while my depaI turo
thus rad!y mourn,
A tender voice Whispers:
Thou soon must rstnrn-r
No wonder Il g,ieves no
From thee thus 70 part:
I je0f1 n fkg k<spiag,
I'm Hjek3aend, siv hHerk
I SnuG< ~ tkoo aenin,
fnc - tn, once 1noeos
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